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The 18-pounder short gun was an intermediary calibre piece of
artillery Artillery is a class of heavy military ranged weapons that launch munitions far beyond the range and power of infantry firearms. Early artillery development focused on the ability to breach defensive walls and fortifications during siege ...
mounted on warships and merchantmen of the Age of sail. It was a lighter version of the
18-pounder long gun The 18-pounder long gun was an intermediary calibre piece of naval artillery mounted on warships of the Age of Sail. They were used as main guns on the most typical frigates of the early 19th century, on the second deck of third-rate ships of the ...
, compromising power and range for weight. In his discussion of the single-ship action in which the French frigate ''Piémontaise'' captured the East Indiaman ''Warren Hastings'' on 11 June 1805, the naval historian William James compared the 18-pounder medium guns on ''Warren Hastings'' with the 18-pounder long guns that the British
Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against ...
used. The medium 18-pounder was long, and weighed 26 Cwt (); the Royal Navy's long 18-pounder was and weighed 42 Cwt ().James (1837), Vol. 4, pp.239-44.


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External links

* Jean Boudriot et Hubert Berti, ''L'Artillerie de mer : marine française 1650-1850'', Paris, éditions Ancre, 1992 () (notice BNF no FRBNF355550752). * Jean Peter, ''L'artillerie et les fonderies de la marine sous Louis XIV'', Paris, Economica, 1995, 213 p. (). {{DEFAULTSORT:18-pounder long gun Naval guns of France 138 mm artillery